SOLUTION: A common mistake when solving equations is the following:
The equation: 2(x - 2) = x + 3
First step in solving: 2x - 2 = x + 3
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Question 86056: A common mistake when solving equations is the following:
The equation: 2(x - 2) = x + 3
First step in solving: 2x - 2 = x + 3
Answer by bucky(2189) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Given the equation:
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Your first step results in:
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You have made a mistake in the distributive multiplication on the left side. You must multiply
the 2 times both quantities in the parentheses. You only multiplied the 2 times the 2x and
you forgot to multiply it times the -2 also. If you had done that you would have gotten:
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Subtracting x from both sides you would then get:
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and then adding 4 to both sides would result in:
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Hope this helps you to understand the problem and where the mistake was made.
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